The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-11 00:00:00

F" --The Four Half-Yearly Volumes of FUN, containinz above Twelve Hundred humorous Illus trations and Writinv,s, by the most talented Authors, in handsome boards, price 3 3. each Volume, or 12s. the set ot .Four Volumes, will be rem ly on WEDNESDAY next. 130, I 'leet-street. 'ROYAL L N GLISH OPERA, COY ENT-GARDEN. Under the Manage meat Harrison.f Miss Louisa Pyne and 311% W. THIS EVENT - G, to commence with (7th time) an en tirely new Opereti a, entitled FANCHETTE. Miss Louisa JPyne and Mr. W. Harrit ion. After which, a Orand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of Unprecedented ma , I nificence, entitled HAiILEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six— ommence at Seven. TIMEATR:E ROYAL DKUR Y-L AN E. Nana gers, Messrs. Edmond F a lconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS ET NING, NIGHT ,AND MORN. Messrs. Phelps, Ryd..l, Raynor, Fitzjames ; Miss R. Leclercq, Miss Atkinson, an. i Miss He-th. conclud. 3 with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SIN 7.I;AD TH E SAI LO K • or. The Seven Wonders of th - Wort 1. Clowns, Messrs. H . Boleno and C. Lauri ; Harlequins, essrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; t' .ntaloons, Messrs. W. A. Barn , s and J. orris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and .51E isses Gunniss. Prices as usi aal. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. T REAT' tE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. Man. agers, Messrs. Edmund Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. A. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Panto mime NEXT WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock, when the B..:ys of the Duke 01' York's School with their Band will attend. The Free ist entirely susp. ndd, the public press ex cepted. THIS EVE NING, the Performances will commence with the New Serie,. -Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled TIGHT AND MOItN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by It lesers. Ryder, Raynor, Fi zjames, and Misses Leclercq, At ainson, and Heath. After which, the Grand Comic Christmas PANTO MIME, writtei by E. L. Blanchard, Esq. entitled and founded on this po p u lar Oriental story of SINDBAD THE SAILOR. The. ,gorgeously beautiful character of the decora tions, inclusive of more than the u.mal amount of scenical surprises and transtormal ion wonders, are ensured by the fact of their being entirely designed and for the most part executed by the .celebrated artist, William Beverley, wh3se eminent services have been retained this Christmas exclral u sively for the h ea tre Royal Drury-Lane. The gene uction t the Pantomime, arranged by, and the whole pro duced under the direction of, Mr. Robert Roxby. Prinipa c haracters in the opening by Messrs. Tom Matthews, J. Ne -1 vibe, Fitzjaanes, Meagreson, G. Weston, and Master Percy Roselle ; Misses Lizzie VC ilmore, Rose Leclercq, E. Weston, Coventry? and Cicely Nott. The Harlequinade will include the services of those popular Pantomimists (forming a d ou ble compatny), Harry Boleno and Mr. C. Lau I, Clowns ; Mr. W. A. Barnes and Mr. J. Morris, Pantaloons ; Mr. Cormack rind Mr. S. Saville, Harlequins ; Madame Boleno and. Misses Gunnies, Columbines. The masks, devices, and dresses, from designs by the humorously re a owned Dy k wynkyn. The music selected and arranged by Mr. J. Barn ard. The dances and action of the Ballet ar ranged by 2d r. Cormack. Comic scenes, tricks, &c., invented by Messrs. IL Boleno and Cormack. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5 o'clock. The massf - ve and beautiful decorations of the amphitheatre, proscenium. and ceiling, designed and completed under the direction of Marsh Nelson, Esq., in that gorgeous style of ornamentat ion known as characteristic of the Louis Quatorze period. and 'which elicited so much praise from the press and the public 1 ti it year, having been thoroughly cleansed, make the aspect o f the house before the curtain (which, when lighted up, ils admitted to be the most beautiful in Europe), an object of admiration which in itself is worth a visit. Doors ope nat Half-past Six. Performances commence at Seven, and t crminate every evening at Eleven o'clock. AOYA.L LYCEUM THEATRE. Und ex the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE3 !ONTO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated F-very Even' frig during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Ctriginal Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Messrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland ; Nlisses Percy, Pauline Leclerc 1, Wood. Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. ILavenu. After which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Wory, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. F'echter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elsworthy. The Publi e are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play billis or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL HAYM ARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale , Braid , Gordon, Rogers, Clark. Culleutord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round 'fable. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rwers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE-. S.3le Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fiw Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't iCnOVI what to do, Ikr ENV THEATRE-RC) AL, ADELPHI.— .1 isolo:Propriotor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole, to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs.A.rtinir Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil- Ington, Stnart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. Billinqten. To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven Magic Men. 3lessrs. J. Clarke, H. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss WooLgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEAH. -EVERY NIGHT, IkrB ß 7th A a T p E pe N a l r A an N ce .— of LEAH. t — T T r Hl c S A E ct T re E s N s l n N i G s; the BATEMAN. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the =bounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama 0 tawLEH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that ll be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GRI 4 .:AT ATTRACTIoN.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES wus:risEws.-31r. J. L. Toole as Mrs. Brown, Mr. ruetrs, Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1863 ; or, the Sensao' of the Pst Season, until further notice. Among th e artistes whe a will appear here are Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Tot,le, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. Charles Mathews. THIS RVENLNG. and during the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTURES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBER ; and 1863 ; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TEETS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS : Miss S. Carson. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND , EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Commence at 7. 711 FIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, vin he had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Mor.—Morning, 3h. 21m.—Afternoon, 3h. 45m, To-molmow.-Moraing, 4h. sm.—Afternoon, 4h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 11, 1864, THER3IOI4ETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.00. Wind—E. ; moderate, and fine. - Ai " Unt LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 11, 1864. The news from Windsor continues most satis factory. As was anticipated, her MAJESTY, on the receipt of the joyful intelligence, hastened up from Osborne to join the family group and take a personal part in the new happiness of her Son. It seems but the other day that similar rejoicings were resounding through the land on the birth of that son himself, the infant heir of the youthful VICTORIA. A crowd of tender emotions and tender memories overpowered the heart of the QUEEN as she responded to the affectionate embrace of the Prince of WALES when :he greeted her on her hasty arrival at Windsor. The inhabitants of that loyal town which had welcomed her in the happiness of her bridal hour, which had witnessed the first anguish of her widow's bereavement, sympathised with responding sentiments to the emotions which, deep but joyful, so plainly and so naturally overpowered the Royal Lady as she passed from the station at Windsor on her visit to Frogmore Lodge and a kindred feel ing pervades every heart throughout the country, In her domestic, no less than in her political career, Queen VICTORIA has long been the object of the respectful and affectionate admiration of her people —a people especially appre,,iative of all domestic eslellence. Like that touch of nature which makes the whole world kin, the homely fireside virtues flourish alike in the palace and the cottage, diffusing alike in each their own especial blessings. Those blessings have been heartfully showered upon the path of our beloved QUEEN. However proverbially " uneasy" may be " the head that wear's a crown," her heart's joys have ever been unsolicited. As a wife her choice was fortunate, and her let a happy one. The sad bereavement which has cast a gloom over her life is lightened by the happiest recollections, and, above all, by the general recog nition of the great excellence of the departed. " "ris better to hive loved and lost" such an one, than to have come to mourn over an unworthy choice. I❑ her family, her motherly devotion has already earned a rich reward. Her children, and already her chil dren's children rise up and call her blessed. The truth of the benison so beautifully and so tenderly invoked by the Poet Laureate, has, we doubt not, already made itself felt in the heart of the widowed QUEEN, and the birth of this new grandson, the heir of her hopes, as well as of her affections, has come at a happy moment to remind her that the tender recollections of the Past must henceforth in termingle with the happy duties of the Present hour, and the solemn responsibilities of the Future. Queen VICTORIA has already, in every stage of her career, experienced the happy truth, too often for gotten by the ambitious, that '• The path of Duty is the path of Glory." That truth she has exemplified in her life, and its lessons are a better heritage for Son and Grandson than the sceptre and the purple that await them, The news from Prussia still bears some interes and seems to maintain its importance whatever other events occur in surrounding countries. The last intelligence is of great moment, as the corn mittee of the Chamber: of Deputies has rejected the Government Bill for the Loan. This is of increased significance on account of the King having laid so much stress upon it in his reply to the Ad- dress. His Majesty emphatically declared that the grant was of consequence, and especially re quested that the Chamber might accede to the re quest of the Government. The decided negative with which it has been met seems to portend new disturbances and increased complications. It seems fated that Prussia should be the scene of internal dissensions and constitutional strife, even now thai he feelings of all classes seem united as to the sub lent of the Federal disputes. Not even the latent? sentiment that is deeply rooted in all minds as to the advisability of maintaining inviolate the power and sway of Germany can avail to pat a period to the protracted dissensions, or to create a spirit of unity among the rival factions. From this it would appear that, bad as things are, they might be worse, and that if this new and exciting event had no ,aken place abroad, some serious dissensions at home must inevitably have occurred. Great as is the ad vantage, and manifold as are the blessings of peace, perhaps in the long run this sort of lull or interlude may not prove to have been so efficacious, in so far as regards the ultimate prosperity of the country. The day may come when Prussia will bitterly regret the course now taken by her King and commonalty. The present demeanour of thosein authority is most adverse to the cause of progress ; and the rumour now so prevalent that the Crown Prince favours the Count of AUGUSTENBURG is a very disastrous one, and disappointing the expectations of those who have been building their hopes on his enlight ened views, and forming a bright augury of expectation from his liberal notions and far-seeing estimate of events, as well as his right-mindedness and spirit displayed in all public questions. The sympathies of all true patriots, the prayers of all lovers of freedom, and the goodwill cf all honest men, have been with him throughout the trying emergency to which he has been subjected. They have desired that his wishes might even now effect some practical remedy, and that in the future he might exercise the power as he now feels the will, so as to impart benefits, and to regenerate the condition of his country. If, however, he is only going to aid the party of aggression the fair promise is overcast, and the bright prospect dimmed:and saddened. France will not be an idle spectator while all these stirring events are passing and these momentous changes occurring. LOUIS NAPOLEON, if spared for some years to come, will, in all human probability, realise the dream of his uncle, and cross the Rhine. All these vacillating courses, and all these headstrong actions, serve to work oat the game and to develop the scheme so far as relates to the projects of French policy. The Prussians will only have themselves to thank for this procedure when it does take place, and it is to be questioned if after all there will be much to regret, for the French are far in advance of the Prussians, and take a bolder and more comprehensive view of affairs. Any change will be better than that a nation should stagnate under so repressive an influence, and be stultified by the continuance of such arbitrary mea sures as those now in vogue in Berlin. Such a course of policy as that originated by BISMARK, under the express sanction of his royal master, is enough to throw back a century the real progress of a people, and must militate most considerably against the welfare and well-being of the nation. There is one satisfactory point of view, at all events, in the otherwise gloomy vista of events regarding the position of Denmark. The birth of the young prince, that has taken place so happily, will be a great source of strength to that nation, and must inevitably arouse the sympathies and awaken the attention of this country to the state of affairs now taking place in that locality. When Parlia ment meets, and the voice of congratulation is heard on all sides, it will not be probable that those who are rejoicing at the auspicious advent of an heir will forget the race from which he springs. It will be inconsistent in the extreme that the daughter of the land should be hailed as the mother of our kings to be, and that the country which was her birthplace should be aban doned to the cupidity of grasping Governments and the crafty designs of manoeuvring politicians. If the Ministers will only take up a decided tone on this question, and meet Parliament in a deter mined spirit, the sympathies of the country will go with them, but if they go on in the very unsatis factory manner in which they have hitherto done, then there will be universal indignation and con tempt expressed for their proceedings. Earl BAB SELL is so contradictory that it might puzzle the wisest head to foretell his actions, or to forecast his policy, but it is high time that a stop be put to such dilatory procedure. There is no surer way to in volve oneself in a dispute than to follow a hesitating course, anti the same rule applies with equal force to the policy pursued by a nation. It is not often that such a variety of complicated details, and so many conflicting claims are at hand to engage the attention of Parliament, as are now prepared for their consideration, Surely, with the extraordinary conduct of our Government in regard to America, with the important affair of Schleswig-holstein in abeyance, and with the recent proposals for a Con gress on the part of part of the French EMPEROR, some definite opinions must be extracted, and some decided principles enunciated from our Ministers. The laissez alley style of action which has been the informing agent and the ruling spirit of the last several sessions must be put aside, and in the face THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1864. of such grave perplexities the Ministers who form the Government and the members who represent the Legislature of a great country must prove them selves worthy of their position, and true to their trust. So far it is satisfactory to notice that some check has been put, and the course chalked out by the subtle devices of M. BISMARK, but whether any lasting benefit will thereby accrue to the State, or whether by this refusal any decisive check be put on his future line of policy remains to be seen, and only the future can unfold the mystery. But whether propitious or not in its ultimate effects, this rejection of the Government Bill for the Loan is a very strong proof that the feeling of the people is against the Ministers, and whatever temporary support they may gain on the pretext of consolidat ing the German Empire, that the genius of the ❑ation is in opposition to the retrograde policy which is undermining the strongholds of the Con stitution, and sapping the foundations of the popular liberties. The news brought us by the Calcutta mail is no longer exclusively of a peaceful nature. The dis turbances in the Punjab are by no means allayed, and it will probably be necessary to settle them vi et armis. There will be no security from future agitation until the hill tribes are brought to acknowledge our undisputed supremacy, although it may not be desirable to carry on the principle of annexation. The Russians are interested in stirring up a bad feeling against us in Central Asia, as they have already succeeded in doing in China, where they have broken off the dealings between Captain OSBORN and the Chinese authorities. The Sikhs, as we have often proved when fighting against them or beside them, are a fine race of men, full of spirit and daring. There are fanatics among them who are constantly striving to create religious and political disturbances, but if once the hill tribes are fairly enlisted on our side and made to feel that they will gain substantial advantages from a firm, powerful, and temperate constitutional Govern ment, against which it is hopeless for them to struggle, we may hope for the rapid improvement of the country no less than the pacification of the people. The Senat Valley, just beyond the Umhegla Pass, in which our forces are now engaged, is on the way to Cabul, and was peopled, it is said, by a colony of Affghans from thence some four hundred years ago. These became gradually amalgamated with the mixed races who followed them, and the whole population are collectively termed Euaufz lies or sons of JOSEPH. They have always been a tur bulent and fanatical people, and are greatly in fluenced by a mysterious recluse named the Akhoond, who is regarded with much suspicion by our officials in the Punjab, and who afforded shelter to many sepoys in the year of the mutiny. This whole district is now up in arms, and will be likely to prove troublesome, since the old fanaticism of the Mussulmans animates their political oppo sition, and the valleys and passes of that part of the country are dangerous and difficult. However, we possess plenty of good soldiers and able experienced officers, who will probably make a short reckoning with the ringleaders of the mischief, leaving the people to be dealt with wisely and mercifully, but above all things firmly and with juctice. The chief cause for regret is the loss of the brave men who have fallen in the encounters, whose lives have been sacrificed in an unprovoked and causeless struggle. The rumours of general disaffection in the Punjab which have been afloat appear to be altogether ex- aggerated. A few fanatics have been at work, as usual, endeavouring to stir up the people, but with out success, so that the lessons of 1857 are not for gotten. It is indispensable that they should be kept fresh in the national memory by a speedy settlement of matters with these Eusufzaies, since a mere temporary or superficial pacification will leave the flame smouldering, ready to break out again at the first opportunity. Much depends on the quali fications of the men who are at the head of affairs, both military and civil. In every country the in dividual character and qualities of ite leaders exer cise an immense influence on its fortunes, but in India, in its present transition state, are of incal culable importance. If, as Lord STANLEY once very forcibly reminded the Addiscombe scholars, the career of every Englishman in India is a matter of weighty responsibility, the charge is increased a hundredfold when the duties ho fulfils, and the functions he exercices act directly upon the well being of the people. The selection of a fitting suc cessor to the office cf Governor-General was con sequently a matter of no small moment, and we can easily believe the intelligence brought by this mail of the unanimous and universal regret felt by Anglo- Indians of all ranks and classes for the death of the Earl of ELGIN. Upon the new representative of her MAJESTY it depends whether the new era begun for India in the shape of trade, commerce, and in. ternal development should be continued or should decline ; whether the tide of progress should be encouraged, arrested, or retarded. Upon him rest the peace and prosperity of the nation, its advance in civilisation and Christianity or its backsliding into poverty, ignorance, and mental and moral apathy. The sudden and premature death of Lord ELGIN therefore gave rise to some anxiety, allayed however here, as-in India, by the tidings that Sir JOHN LAWRENCE was the statesman selected for a post which he is eminently adapted to fill. The general grief and mourning in Calcutta will have &en lightened by the tidings, doubly welcome from the disturbed state of the Punjab frontier, that the new Governor-General had not only been already appointed, but was actually on his way a very few days after the news of Lord ELGIN'S dangerous illness and consequent resignation. The long and varied experience of Sir JOHN LAWRENCE, his known high principle and personal character, ren der him especially fitted to deal with the present crisis in the Punjab, the very province of which he was formerly the ruler, and to whose admirable management it was due that our northern posses sions were saved from the mutineers. Sir JOHN LAWRENCE is already at the scene of his labours, thus anticipating the hope expressed by our Indian politicians that the new Governor-General might be out in March, and probably his first act would be to visit the Punjab, where the charge of not know ing the people with whom he has to deal, made against some of those engaged in the work of paci fication, can certainly be hardly brought against him. The railway which will be open to Delhi in the course of the summer will be a most valuable auxiliary in preserving tranquillity in the north of the Punjab when it is once secured, and will help to bring the extremities of our possessions within easy access. The great advantages accruing from an easy and regular internal communication is now perceptible to all public men, and we cannot doubt that Sir JOHN LAWRENCE will emulate the exer tions of his immediate predecessors who gave every encouragement to railway enterprise. We may think ourselves fortunate in having at hand so able and efficient a public servant, under whose just and prudent government we may hope to see peace speedily restored and established. POSTHUMOUS BUST OF TFIACKERAY.-IVlnWeekes was intrusted with the obtaining a posthumous cast of the features of Mr. Thackeray. There will, therefore, be no difficulty in securing an admirable likeness for posterity, Most of the photographs are far too grim, and miss the only semi-serious expression. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LUEUTER'S TELEGRAM.] SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. BERLIN, JAN. 11. Advices received here from St. Petersburg state that the Journal de St. Petersburg reprints with out any comment of the text of the Protocol of Warsaw of the sth June, 1851, relative to the suc cession in the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein. THE DANISH FORCES IN SCHLESWIG. ALTONA, JAN. 11. The principal military force of Denmark, num• bering 16,000 men, is concentrated in the city of Schleswig. The inhabitants of the city are heavily burdened by the number of soldiers billeted upon them. Liberty Square, in the city of Schleswig, is de fended by five 84-pounder cannon. Colossal palisades and extensive barracks are being erected at the dam of the Dannewerk. The class of soldiers at the age of 35 years has been called out. ITALY. TURIN, JAN. 11. A fire broke out last night at the hotel of the Minister of the Treasury. A part of the library was burnt, but the flames did not reach the offices. The fire was extinguished this morning, FRANCE. THE ARRESTED CONSPIRATORS. PARIS, Jan. 10. From documents taken from the fout: Italians it appears that Mazzini was the originator and director of the plot, and that he had paid the men's ex penses. They had formerly belonged to the Papal Brigade, and were, it is stated, sought out and engaged by Mazzini at Lugano, with the object of assassinating the Emperor. Groeco was the chief of the party. Trabucco, who has been convicted in London and Paris for robbery and swindling, had, in a letter addressed to Mazzini, solicited the rank of Lieutenant under Groeco. Mazzini appears to have have replied favourably to this request, from a letter which he addressed to Trabucco, found at Groeco's lodgings. Groeco had received from Maz• zini a sum of 4,000 francs. -- - • It is asserted that all the prisoners have made disclosures. The Star says The friends of Mazzini will, no doubt, be able to refute the outrageous charge which appears to be circulated against him. It is utterly incredible." BOURSE, Jaa. 9.—The market still continues in an inanimate state, and prices show a slight decline. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66fr. 60c. Mobilier have improved, being last quoted at 1,025 f. Railway Market quiet, but with little change in quotations. The market became more animated before the close, and left off as follows : 41 per,Cents. 94 60 Do. ead month.... Italian Loan 69 05 Do. end month 66 45 N'evy ditto — Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes sok Rome Debt Deferred 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 90 Credit Mobilier....lo3o 00. end m0nth...J.035 Bank Shares 3280 Credit Fancier — Roman .. 74 rAyli. Cash. Account. 1000 .. 998 75 952 50 .. 957 50 Orleantd Northern .... ... New ditto — • • Lyons and Mediterranean 935 .. 941 25 New ditto .. 892 50 .. _ 77 -77 Southern 660 .. 662 60 Western Eastern .• • • Sardinian Austrian Lurebard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona BOOKS RECEIVED. Lloyd Pennant. A Tale of the West. 2 Vols. Chap man and Hall. Meadowtelex. By the Author of The Ladies of Beevor HoLow. 2 Vols. Ri3hard Bentley. The Cities of the Past. By Frances Power Cobbe. Tiiibner and Co. The Grade Lesson Books. By E. T. Stevens. Sixth (and Last) Standard. Longman and Co. THE JAPANESE DlFFlCULTY.—lntelligence has been received that after long discussions, extending other three days, the agents of Prince Satsuma have agreed to make immediate payment of the indemnity, and have promised in writing not to relax in active search for the murderers of Mr. Richardson, and to subject them when discovred, to capital punishment, in presence of one or more British officers. THE DUKE or NEWCASTLE.—We are assured that, notwithstanding that the duke is happily restored to health, his grace meditates retiring from the Ministry. MR. ARTHUR SEETCHLET, whose name has figured so frequently in benefits during the last few months, is about to produoe an original entertainment, in which our old friend "Mrs. Brown" will appear before the public under a new aspect. THE NATIONAL SRAKSPEARE COMMITTEE has been joined during the last few days by the Mayor of Arundel, Colonel De Bathe, Robert Broadwater, Esq., J. G. Fitch, Esq. (Government Inspector of Schools), Peter Le Neve Foster, Esq., Alfred Mellon, Esq., E. A. Sothern, Esq., and John Tallis, Esq. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—The Opera di Camera " Jessy Lea," by Messrs. Oxenford and Macfarren, will, after a limited number of representations, give place to Mr. and Mrs, German Reed's new Egyptian Entertainment, written by Shirley Brooks, and in which Mr, John Parry is announced to appear. The g reat suc cess, however, of the opera, which is one of Mr. Macfa r r en ' a freshest and most melodious compositions, has suggested a return to the Gallery (after a tour which will be immeth ately commenced) on these mornings which are not devoted to the forthcoming novelty. Report speaks highly of Mr. Shirley Brooks' work. The design of the piece we hear is novel, and the situations are highly humorous and effective. The scenery has been painted by Mr. William Telbin. ALL THE FOOTMEN AT OSBORNE have changed their sombre suits to scarlet liveries. The pages and dressers in immediate attendance on the Queen continue to wear black. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.—The hatchment which had remained over the principal entrance to Holy rood Palace since the death of the late Prince Consort, two years ago, was taken down on Friday week. A GOOD EXAMPLE.—Commandant Colonel Gas coigne, C. 8., has forwarde I £2 2s to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, as a contribution for the current year from the Plymouth Division of Royal Marines (Light Infantry). Thus it occasionally happens that soldiers and others connected with military officers show great in terest in providing for the safety of the sailor. Within the past two or threo weeks Robert Whitworth, Esq., of Man chester, a member of the firm of the celebrated inventor of the Whitworth gun, has collected between £2OO and £3OO to purchase a new lifeboat to be stationed at Bridlington. THE GRENADIERS no longer do duty at the gates of the British Museum. the National Gallery, and other public buildings of a like description, the guardian ship of which is now in the hands of the civil authorities and police. FREEHOLD LAND IN HERTS AND EAST SURREY. —The Conservative Land Society has just acquired two new estates, the one at the increasing malting town of Bishop Stortford, 32 miles from London by the Great Eastern; and the other in Plough lane, Battersea. cloee to the branches of the " all round the town railway" lines and Wandsworth station en the South Western, and within a short distance of Battersea -park and the new Chelsea bridge. The society has now 50 estates in 20 counties, nearly half a million of money having been expended in land pur sites chas fo esa r nd ch p u u r belhesicw,oae.rks, such as roads, ornamental gardens, THE ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES.—A correspondent signing himself " A Lover of Historical Dales and Facts," says, it is a curicus fact, and one well worthy of notice, that her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales was confined the very day after the anniversary of the birth of the late lament d Princess Charlotte of Wales, the only child of the last Prince and Princess of Wales, afterwards George IV. and Queen Caro line—the said Princess Charlotte of Wales having been born on Thursday, Jan. 7, 1796, just 68 years ago. Dr. Stanley was installed as Dean of Westminster, on Saturday. Canon Wordsworth, who issued a protest some time ago against some of Dr. Stanley's theological "views," was not present at the installation, and the new Dean was allowed to take quiet possession of his office. EXETER-HALL.—The Sacred Harmonic Society's next concert takes place on Friday next, when Haydn's " Creation" will be performed under the direction of Mr. Costa, Madame Parepa, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr, Santley being the principal vocalists. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. VALETTA, January 3, 1864.-There have been no arrivals lately of despatch boats from Greece or the lonian islands, but the English merchant steamer Palestine came in on Wednesday last from Corfu with news from that island to the 28th ult. The work of dismantling the fortifications at Vido, prior to destroying them altogether, commenced on the day preceding her departure, and was going on when she left. Already orders had been received for some of the regiments to hold themselves in readiness for departure-the Ist and 2d battalions of the 9th Regiment for Gibraltar, and the 4th Re giment for Malta. The destination of the 6th Regi ment is not yet known, but it will probably be sent home in the Tamar transport, expected from Eng land. A portion of tee Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers are to be sent to England, and the rest to Malta. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Trafalgar, 70, Capt. T. Mason, leaves for Corfu on Monday with provisions for the Orlando, 40, Capt. G. G. Randolph, and will return in 15 days, when, the report here is, she will go on to Gibraltar to meet the Royal Oak ironclad, Capt, F. A. Camp bell, ordered to the Mediterranean. A seaman of the Trafalgar was tried yesterday, on board the Hibernia, for drunkenness and insubordinate con duct, and was sentenced to four months' hard labour in Corradino Prison. This is the only case of the kind resulting from the Christmas festivities, which speaks highly for the discipline of the fleet. The Magicienne, 16, Captain W. Armytage, was sud denly ordered off on Sunday last, and put to sea in rather heavy weather for Gibraltar. The object of her departure is believed to have refer , ence to Sir Moses Montefiore's mission to Morocco for the protection of the Jews in that country. She is to return to Malta. Dr. 'Tower, Bishop of Gibral tar, proceeded by her to visit his see. The Cossack, 20, Capt. W. It. Rolland, returned on Thursday last from a visit to the coast of Barbary. She ar rived at Tunis on the 24th ult., after a fair passage under steam as far as Gozo, off which island she had some target practice, and then proceeded the rest of the way under sail, passing the Racoon, bound for Malta, on the morning of the 22d. Atter communicating with the consulate, she left for Malta on the 29th, and arrived here without call ing at Tripoli, as it was first intended she should do. The Egyptian screw frigate Brahimi, Capt. Mus tapha Bey, which left this on the 27th ult. for Marseilles, to embark horses and mules for the Pasha, put back on the 29th, having, on reaching the offing of Favignana, suffered some damage to her machinery. After making the necessary re pairs she left again on the 31st. This vessel, it may be remembered, got ashore when under another commander, on the Al unsciar Reef, which stretches out to some distance on the south-east side of this island. It is proposed to place a buoy or beacon on this rock, for the better protection of foreign vessels against accidents, but it is very much doubted whether such a measure might not more likely lead ships into danger than keep them from it, as any such beacon would be very liable to be washed away in the heavy sea that breaks over the place in bad weather. It was on this dangerous shoal that the English ship of war Alexandria, 74 guns, was greatly damaged in 1799. The Prussian war steamers Preussischer Adler (corvette) and Blitz and Basilisk (gunboats) continued their route home wards on Wednesday last, after filling up with coal and making some necessary repairs. The Swedish screw frigate Vanadis, 22, Capt. F. Haverman, which arrived on the 25th ult., from the Baltic, on her way to Naples, is still in port, and will not leave for a few days. Her Majeety's s crew line-of battle ship St. George, Capt. the Hon. F. Eger ton, is awaiting the arrival of the ironclad Resis tance, C iptain Chamberlain, from England. First- Lieut. Alston, of the former ship, left for England last week, via Marseilles, on his promotion to the rank of Commander. The Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse, is looked for here shortly from Athens, where there are the Revenge. 73 (~caring the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley ; the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. J. C. Prevost ; the Icarus, 11, Capt. N. Salmon, V.C. ; the Foxhound, 4, Commander W. H. Anderson ; and the Trident, 3, Commander C. J. Balfour, with the tender Boxer. On the western coast of Greece and the lonian Islands there are the Orlando, 46, Capt. G. G. Randolph, the Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, and the Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte. The Caradoc, despatch vessel, 2, Lieut.-Commander E. Wilkinson, is at Messina, awaiting the arrival of Sir Henry Bulwer, The Liffey, 35, Cipt. G. Parker, and the Pelican, 17, Commander Comber, are on the coast of Syria. ,The Weser, 6, Commander A.Johnstone, and the Cocka trice, 2, Lieut.-Commander It. M. Gillson, are on the Constantinople and Danube station. The Pro cris, 2, Lieut-Commander the Hun. J. B. Vivian, is at Gibraltar; and the Racoon, 22, Capt. Count Gleichen, and the Psyche, 2, despatch vessel, Lieut.- Commander It. Sterne, have left for Alexandria to 9 wait the arrival of Lady Elgin and suite. In Malta harbour we have the Marlborough, 121 (bearing the flag of the Vice-Admiral Commander -in-Chief R. Smart, K,11,), Capt. C. Fellowes ; the Hibernia re ceiving-ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. Austin, C. 8.), Commander It. B. Harvey ; the Trafalgar, 70, Capt. T. Mason ; the St. George, 86, Capt. the Hon. F, Egerton ; the Plicebe, 35, Commander W. B. Grant (temporary, this shit will be ready for sea about the 20th inst.); the Cossack, 20, Capt. W. R. Rolland (lying in Sliema Creek); the Chanticleer, 17, Capt. C. Stirling (her new commander is expected out shortly from England); the Hydra, 3, surveying ship, Commander A. Mansell (Staff Commander J. Stokes, of this vessel, leaves to-day for England on leave); the Firefly. 3, surveying ship, Lieut.-Com mander G. R. Wilkinson (Mr. F. Snead, master of this vessel, will be invalided, and is likely to go home in the Trafalgar); and the tender Growler. The following persons have arrived here during the week :-Major Hickie and Mrs. Hickie, Captain Smith, Captain Owens, Admiral Sir R. and Lady Stopford, Capt. Hoseason, R.N., Capt. Guff, and Capt. Pritchard, R.M. Sir A. Slade and Lady SladJ were among the passengers per Poonah from South ampton for Malta. Deputy Inspector General A. Armstrong, M.D., in charge of the naval hospital at Malta, left by the Aunis on Sunday last for Eng land, via Messina. Dr. Burke has assumed charge of the hospital in his absence. By the Valetta, arrived to-night from Alexandria, we learn that the Racoon was lying to off that port waiting for fav ourable weather to enter. On Saturday royal salutes were fired from the gnus of her Majesty's ship Victory, the flagship of the Port Admiral and Commander-in-Chief at Ports mouth and the Channel Islands, and from the guns of the saluting battery on the King's Bastion of the garrison, in honour of the birth of the Royal Prince. The announcement was received with the utmost enthusiasm throughout the port and garrison. Similar salutes were fired at the other dockyards. It was yesterday stated at Chatham that on the return of the Cnannel Fleet the vessels composing the squadron will assemble at Spithead, and after wards proceed to one of the eastern ports, where they will await further orders. It is probable that the ships will rendezvous in the Downs. The Lyra, 9 guns, 60 horse power, screw cor vette, Commander Parr, made her final trial of Qpeei, preparatory to sailing on foreign service, on Saturday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the superintendence of the officers 'of the Steam Reserve and steam factory, realising a speed of 71 knots. She is expec ted to sail for Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope this day or early to- morrow. The Adventure, screw troopship, Commander Curme, was undocked from the Warrior dock at Portsmouth on Saturday, after completing the ex amination of her valves and the coating of her het tom with the so-called preservative and anti-fouling composition, Sze. The Orontes, screw steamship, Capt. H. W. Hire, at Portsmouth, is ordered to be fitted with the patent Lumley rudder. Past experiments at Portsmouth with her Majesty's ships have fully and satisfac torily demonstrated the value of this invention. Admiralty instructions were issued on Saturday at Woolwich to bring forward her Majesty's screw steam corvette Niger for early commission. She will require a thorough overhaul and general repair of ship and machinery. She did good service during her last commission, in command of Capt. P. Cra croft, C. 8., in New Zealand. The screw gunvessel Ringer, paid off by Com mander Wratislaw on the 10th of November last from the \Vest Coast of Africa, is again ready for commission in the basin at Woolwich, having com pleted repairs. She has received new bulwarks and hammock nettings, and has been fitted with new masts, new yards and rigging, and new boilers, and has undergone a thorough repair in her machinery. The paddlewheel sloop Hecate, Capt. George Richards (now appointed Hidrographer to the Board of Admiralty), was on Saturday taken into the outer basin at Woolwich to be stripped and paid I out of commission. THE GENIUS OF JOHN LEECH, As Defined by a Saturday Reviewer, As CONTRASTED WITH MIL. DOYLE. If Mr. Doyle thinks proper to confine his pictorial satire to good society, Mr. Leech's pencil takes a wider range. His is emphatically the jest applied to common English middle class life. In Mr. Doyle there is a tinge of sarcasm ; Mr. Leech is almost invariably good humoured. Mr. Doyle bites, Mr. Leech simply jokes. The one draws with a purpose, and that a permanent one; the other as the phrase is, chaffs. Mr. Doyle digs into experience for his materials, and hunts out his sub jects carefully; Mr. Leech rather pokes fun at folly as it flits past him. Mr. Doyle goes to hie models; Mr. Leech's subjects come to him. With the recollection of the tour of Brown, Jones, and Robinson before us, we are quite aware that Mr. Doyle can ably depict character in another style of art th .n the conventional exag gerations of his " Bird's Eye Views of Society ;" but he is certainly more at home in the salons of flishions, or at least he has chosen them for his field of work. Mr. Leech, with ampler materials, has taken a wider range. NOT ALONE A COMIC ARTIST. It is a mistake to suppose that Mr. Leech is only a comic artist. His landscapes are very powerful, and with a single touch, and with a seemingly care less hand, he contrives to give vast expanses and distances. Some of his marine sketches afford a better notion of ocean space than those of the pro fessional sea painters. His skies and atmospheric effects, managed with only two or three apparently heedless lines, are full of truth, and his ver satility is enormous. There are few artists who draw horses as well as Mr. Leech —none who draw them better. Then he is equally at home in a November cover, and on a salmon stream or the Thames. Hunting, rowing, shoot ing, fishing—one would think at one time that he is always in the saddle, and at another that he is never without gun and rod. There is not a single scene of out-door or indoor-life which is not evi dently sketched from the facts. Whether it be the sea-side, the lodging-house, the street, or the gin shop, Mr. Leech never trusts himself to draw what he has not seen. How any one man's personal ex perience can have been so large and varied is the real difficulty about Mr. Leech ? Does he exist as an Ego ? Is he not, like Kehama, self-multiplied ? Are his bands and eyes and personalty multitu dinous ? How does he find the time to be so prolific and yet so conscientiously truthful to his own experience ? No doubt he repeats himself ; unquestionably he has his types. But so has every great artist. His English girl is as much, and as little, monotonous as the Itubens woman or the B.,flaelle woman. It is his type, and tells a great deal. Pure and virtuous and buxom and healthy, not unconscious of her own good looks, with no nonsense abort her, and yet not fast or flashy, his ideal English girl is creditable alike to the artist and to the life which she represents. One sees at once that she is destined to be a good mother of children, and worthily to represent what we are taught to believe is the English home life. There are some types of character which Mr. Leech has created. HIS "FLUNKEY." His Seames of Belgravia is a character with as much definiteness and wholeness of conception as a Polonius, or Juliet's Nurse. It is quite true that nobody over saw in all its fulness of insolence this superb flunkey. His calves, his stately contempt of all things in heaven and earth, his supercilious patronage, his divine airs and diviner tali, are not given to us to have experienced. But we feel per fectly certain that this is the ideal footman. Now and then, in real life, one gets sudden glimpses of the character which Mr. Leech has w)rked up into this magnificent conception. It is impossible to be angry with so perfect a specimen of human insolence and vanity; one only gasps with silent admiration at this as at any other living model of absolute perfection. HIS " SERVANT GAL." So again with the " Servant Gal" according to Leech. Like Murillo's " Beggar Boys," it is the type; it represents the species ; it fulfils the com plete conception. It is exhaustive and final. In his menials in excelsis there is nothing to laugh at. These ladies and gentlemen are too serious to be trifled with. The lords and tyrants of their masters and mistresses know their place in the great economy of things, and their dignity becomes them, and they become their dignity. Everybody feels that Jemimer Hann was perfectly right in assign ing as the cause of her being disengaged, that " the real reason were that Missus thought I were too good•looking." His " Mossoo." But perhaps it is in his typical " Mossco" that Mr. Leech most completely suceeeds. There is nothing absolutely repulsive in him—nothing that Alphonse can more reasonably complain of than we can quarrel with Mr. Hawthorne for fastening the epithet " bulbous" upon us. But Mr. Leech evi dently delights in his " Mossoo." He has studied him in the hunting field, when he valorously ex presses his intention at least " to try and catch the fox ;" and when the frost stops the ardour of the Gallic vulpecide, " Zen zare is no dogs meet to day ;'' and when he is got up after the pattern of M. Assolant as " the British sportsman, and gone to the Derby," in all the glories of long stirrups, a hunting-whip, and a bristly hat. He has studied him on the beach at Biarritz, which contains more character and incident than Mr. Frith's mawkish "Ramsgate Sands," and depicts him bloated, bullet-headed, close-cropped, abdo minal, obese; and he has studied him in that won derful scene on the Pont Neuf, in the midst of a popular flieute, where fifty people, in every variety of gesticulation, gratulation, and frenzy, salute " Alphonse, who has just caught a goujon the sizk of his little finger." He is not, on the whole, a bad fellow, .the Leechian Alphonse; he is vain, irri table, garrulous, and boastfnl, but not seldom able enough to turn his boasts into facts. W. BEIINES THE SCULPTOR.—We regret to hear of the death of William Behnes, the sculptor. A few years ago this artist was in good practice, especially as a modeller of busts ; and he possessed natural talents suffi cient to have raised him to one of the highest places of his neble calling. But he fell into troubles about money, and other things, which preyed on his rpirits, and lett him too weak and agitated for his real genius to have a fair trial. The best judges, however, thought very highly of his work. Of late he had lived much alone, and his eyes were closed, we are sorry to add, in the Middlesex Hospital. He will be buried on Tuesday next, when many of those who would gladly have found him earlier, had they known where to seek for him, will probably attend the last sad offices of their able and unhappy brother. Two volumes of tercentary interest are being added to our illustrated Shakespeariana. " Shake speare, his Birthplace, Home, and Grave : a Pilgrimage to Stratford-on-Avon in the Autumn of 18d3," by the Rev. J. M. Jsphson, illustrated with 15 photographs by Mr. E. Edwards, wi:l bo published by Mr. Lovell Reeve; and Mi.. Booth has in preparation an elegant drawing-room volume, in quarto, the reprsduction of the pie urea from Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, reduced to that size by means el photography. Belonging to the same movement are Messrs. Itoutledge's " Penny Illustrated Shakspeare," with Mr. Staunton's notes, and 1,000 illustrations by John Gil bert; Messrs, Cassell's "Illustrated Shakespeare," edited by Mr. and Mrs. Cowden Clarke, and illustrated by 11. C. Sehus, also in penny numbers ; and "The Reference Shakespeare : a Memorial edition of Shakespeare's Plays, containing 11,600 Reierenees," complied by John B. Marsh, and published by Mr. John Heywood of Man ) chester, RAIL' 6111114 .1114114 P ~„. aziat- -- (UMW. HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, JAN. 9. Her Majesty received news at 10 o'clock last night,at Osborne, of the accouchment of the Princess of Wales, and gave immediate orders for prepara tion to be made for proceeding to Frogmore-house early this morning. At half-past 9 o'clock a.m. to-day the Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice, left Osborne, and crossed over to Gosport in the royal yacht Fairy. A special train conveyed her Majcsty, the royal family, and suite to Windsor, where they arrived at 1 o'clock. The Prince of n ales met the Queen at the Wind sor station, and drove with her Majesty to Frog" more-house. The suite in attendance consisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Sir C. Phipps' Colonel Sir T, M, Biddulph, and Dr. Holzman. JANUARY 10. The Queen and Princess Helena attended Divige service in the private chapel this morning. The Rev. H. Ellison officiated. Her Majesty passed the afternoon at Frogmore° house. Professor Max Muller had the honour of deliver' ing two lectures last week at Osborne before her Majesty and the Royal family on "The Science of Language." Her H.R.H. the Princess of Wales. At Marlborough-house the following official leti❑ was yesterday exhibited : " Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales i 5 progressing as favourably as possible, and the infant Prince is perfectly well. (Signed) '6 ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. " E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D." The inquiries at Marlborough-house yesterday and Saturday from the foreign Ministers and mem' bets of the aristocracy now resident in London Were most numerous. The following bulletin has been issued this na orly ing FROGMORE, Monday, 10,15. " Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales passed an excellent night, and is going on well. " The infant Prince i 8 also well. " ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. " E. H. SIEVEKING, M.D." A committee of the Lords of her MajestY'6 Most Honourable Privy Council assembled ° II Saturday afternoon in the Council Chamber Whit e. ball. The Lords present were his Grace the Archbisha of Canterbury, Earl Granville (the Lord President)' the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of St. Gertualls (the Lord Steward), the Right Hon. Sir Georg e Grey, Bart., and the Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers' Their lordships ordered that his Grace the Arch . bishop of Canterbury do prepare a form of pr a t et and thanksgiving to Almighty God for the Prince ° of Wales's safe delivery of a Prince, and that suc h form of prayer and thanksgiving be used in ° I churches and chapels in England and Wales, 0 " in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon Sunrhil i the 17th day of January inst., or the Sunday 31 the respective ministers of such churches 51/ chapels shall receive the same. Their lordships also ordered that every minist e : f and preacher, as well of the established church le that part of Great Britain called Scotland as 0 0 ; of the episcopal communion, do at some time duri ll ' e the exercise of Divine Service in their respect ic if churches, congregations, or assemblies , put up o°4 prayers and thanksgivings to Almighty Go d for t' Princess of Wales's safe delivery of a Prince. 1 , 0 Mr. Edmond Harrison, the Deputy Clerk of t" Council, attended. Despatches were received on Saturday, at Colonial-office, from the Governors of New Zeill sa $ South Australia, Tasmania, and Canada. Desps te '" e o were sent to the Governors of the North Amer i° t Provinces and to the Lord High Commissioner the lonian Islands. (From the Observer.) The birth of the prince was, as the earliest tele; grams from Windsor stated, quite unexpected, the confinement of her royal highness was 11:5 looked forward to until the month of Marc h ' was stated some time previously in the Obserfei; It was intended that the confinement effl3:l royal highness should take place at I‘ls borough House, and the princess was to left Frogmore for London in about a forthig'i; For several days past the princess had been slig lit d indisposed, and was suffering frem catarrh g o t , cold, and it is stated that Dr. Browne, of Wind toe who attended her royal highness, judging frau' ' b r e symptoms of the princess, had intimated tha t %3 interesting event might occur earlier than f o t anticipated. The princess, however, ha d an t o I recovered from the indisposition under which ,1,04 nad been suffering as to feel no hesitation in he,,C present at the skating party on the Virginia Wr°,,:l on Friday. On returning to Frogmore her r eef highness soon became so unw,ll that the Prin ce f it Wales forwarded a telegram to the Queen o 3! respecting the condition of her c();',1 highness. The symptoms of an approaching bA"- continued to increase, and the prince deethe";, advisable to despatch a messenger immediatt'l;ed questing the attendance of Dr. Browne, who about 7 o'clock in the evening of Friday, and e t of minutes to 9 o'clock, as the bulletins ha ve air ld i informed the country, her royal highness was e t/ a po delivered of a healthy prince. Messages veer e d to sent for the medical men who were appoin te crei attend her royal highness and for Sir Georg e WO but the confinement had taken plac e long be the they could reach Frogmore. Dr. Sieveking' t to physician to the Prince of Wales, was the Op arrive from London. He was followed hi ,10 Farce and Dr. Gream , a nd later b y Sir Ch%io' Locock. We believe that we are not unduli eg lating the sanctity of the do mestic arrangement their royal highnesses when we state that 05 edt arrival of the young prince was wholl y unexe:or and as the prince and princess were staying taro , moe and not at Marlborough House, no arr°°l3o ments had been made his reception. There s la w:ice r nurse in attendance ; but the mat ernal exPe itaf of the Countess of Macclesfield , th e lady.ity%ls2loo was of inestimable value in extemporizing ;sr9 articles of comfort and clothing as were fts ce l : o 6 'e 6 for the young prince. The otherladies of th e " - ,, f e ' ti hold were, of course, equally anxious to gio e ae i: assistance in their power in this tet'"eileti ing emergency. A telegram was deeP s ,, t oP to her Majesty immediately atter the a rriva l 0 10 Browne, and the happy birth of the prince Wil a ce o communicated by the same means.. Th 6 ( 0 0 ' arrived at Windsor about noon yestordall snot ifs mediately paid a visit to the prince. 3 9. the day, the Queen also visited her rcyal We are happy to be enabled to e n`ate th' 3 a 0 3C health of the princess is most satisfaeto ry, s ri r oe / there is no reason to suppose that their. bo lt P of ° will display hereafter any sign of his P relli ,„:0", birth, more than was shown by h is royal big' o i ffP great great grandfather George the Third, Wll said also to have been born prematurely. co During yesterday Frogmore was the se e ; ll3 ,oi o g reat excitement, each train from London. hrl—rjaP down Cabinet. Ministers, members of the boll6e'ilicif and large numbers of the aristocra s y , to offo- O f congratulations to the Prince of Wales. . ' Lord Granville was the only representatO the Cabinet present on Friday at Froglhere' presence was owing to the fact of his din it ' g the Prince of Walt s. t re MARRIAGE OP LORD ABINGER.—Th e 4,1°0 6 0)&0 papers give an account of the marriage of Lie S ';: Lord Abinger, of the Scots Fusileer Guards, to \-1-1-o i o f p Magruder, daughter of Commodore Magruder, la of J' d pd United States Navy, and niece of Major-Goler'' Magruder, commanding Confedera te forces in Tetiti;eo marriage was celebrated at Ch rist Church (i 5 i 0' Montreal. Clare , We w h h a o v , aettetroaapnrnotoruanctceed illness, died adtihedoestthe4re:ciritfof; ing shortly after six o'clock, at his residence at 16-e" I I I 31 hop So u Oct ado cen pet 201 la att the r e/ f or 10,